Structural and Factual Evaluation
The review checks a document's figures, tables, and claims against each other. It does not check them against outside data.
A structured, multi-pass credibility review of a published or pre-publication document. It tests whether the document supports its conclusions with its own evidence.
What it Is
SAFE Audit℠ identifies internal inconsistencies, arithmetic errors, and unsupported claims. It tests whether a document supports its conclusions with its own evidence.
A number stated in the text differs from the same figure in the document’s own table.
One part of the document says something another part rules out.
For example, square footage listed for individual buildings that does not sum to the building totals the document states.
Findings describe what the document shows, never the author.
Who It Serves
When: Before journal or conference submission, or before posting a preprint.
When: Policy and research staff, before a position paper or report is published.
When: Before a draft is released or the final version is issued.
When: Before a comment period closes.
Any one document is reviewed for one side only.
Reviewing a federal, commercial, or defense proposal? Contact us to discuss your requirements.
Contact UsWhat You Receive
Interactive dashboard
Each finding shows its severity, its location in the document, a suggested fix, and the relative cost of that fix. Filter findings by severity or fix cost, and search them by full text.
A PDF summary of the key findings.
On request, no additional charge
The document’s claims, sources, and reasoning. It shows which claims hold up the conclusion and flags claims with no source.
Severity: How serious the finding is
Location: Where it appears in the document
Suggested fix: A proposed correction to the document
Relative fix cost: The cost of the fix, relative to the others
Hand-checked: Whether the finding was checked by hand
Every critical finding is checked by hand against the document before delivery. Each finding shows whether it was hand-checked, so you can see which ones were.
Schedule
Standard and expedited schedules are available. The schedule is confirmed at scoping and depends on the document’s length and on other documents already in review.
Long documents: may be reviewed on an agreed extract. Findings then speak only to the pages reviewed.
Several documents: reviews covering several documents are scoped individually.
How It Starts
The fee is set by the document’s length and schedule, not by the type of organization.
Step 1
We confirm the document, its length, and the schedule.
Step 2
One fee per document, set by its length and schedule.
Step 3
You receive the findings register and the key findings summary, with the argument map on request.
For more than one document
Have more than one document to review? Commit to two reviews and the first is at no charge, up to a set length, for a document that will be published and that we may name as reviewed. Terms are agreed at scoping.
Next Step
Tell us about the document, its length, and its deadline.
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